Classroom contest yields publishable results
Students’ designs for cellular-networking protocols help define the limits of protocol performance.
Sorting cells with sound waves
Acoustic device that separates tumor cells from blood cells could help assess cancer’s spread.
Want a happy worker? Let robots take control.
CSAIL study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders.
Delivery by drone
New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions.
Unlocking the potential of simulation software
Novel software by Akselos drastically increases speed, ease of 3-D engineering simulations.
Developing new light and energy technologies
Silvija Gradečak customizes nanoscale systems for large-scale impact in light and energy.
The power of salt
MIT study investigates power generation from the meeting of river water and seawater.
East Campus welcomes new housemaster
Rob Miller, computer science professor, to serve in undergraduate residence.
Moving forward
PhD student Niaja Farve combines research, entrepreneurship, outreach, and indefatigable drive.
Engineering new bone growth
Coated tissue scaffolds help the body grow new bone to repair injuries or congenital defects.
Broadening the 'SCOPE' of microbial oceanography
With an infusion of funds from the Simons Foundation, a collaboration between MIT researchers and colleagues will break new ground in the study of marine microbes.
Recycling old batteries into solar cells
Proposal could divert a dangerous waste stream while producing low-cost photovoltaics.
Visual control of big data
Data-visualization tool identifies sources of aberrant results and recomputes visualizations without them.
